Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20998, Benjamin Doty, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Doty, Benjamin Abeline
Nr. 20998
CONTENTS

New York 3302
Abeline Doty widow of Benjamin Doty who was a Private in the New York line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the sixth day of December 1843 and sent to Wheeler H Clarke Hudson New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 105
Col. Alonzo Bruce
June 14. '49
" Hon. S. Rockwell 16 th Jan y 1850

20.964 New York
Benjamin Day of Colombia in the State of N. Y. who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Childs of the Regt. commanded by Col. Humphrys in the New York line for I fear — " — "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Oct. 1833 _____ and unto J. D. Parker Hudson
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $ 2 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 1 00
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mch 24 40
$240
5 Revolutionary Claim, } for June 7, 1832. } Job Bates Clerk
Recorded by N. A. C. Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 95.

State of New York
Columbia County } ss On this 25 th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Hudson, County aforesaid, now sitting - Benjamin Doty, aged seventy seven years, resi- dent of the town of Hillydale in said county, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut the only record of his age the family Bible in the year 1755; that in the year 1775 he enlisted a private then in Dutchess county, in the Company of Capt Childs, the Regi- ment of Col. Humphreys, and was ordered out by General Sterling & marched, in the Spring of that year, to New York & was one who helped to build the Fort on Governors Island; was stationed a while on Long Island; he helped to build the Grand Battery in New York, & another Fort on the East River; that he was among those called Rangers at that time, & was discharged in the Spring of the year 1776, at the expiration of one year the time for which he enlisted. He then enlisted a private on the spot, "to go to Canada in the Company of John McKinstry, Capt. Regiment of Col. Patterson. He marched thence to Albany, thence to Whitehall thence across the Lake Champlain to Canada. thence to St. Johns, thence to La Prairie, thence across the River St. Lawrence to Montreal; thence to the border a Fort so called, where a battle was fought with the Indians on the 25 th May 1776. In this battle Capt. McKinstry was wounded, & he helped to carry him in a blanket to the boats after the charge They then retreated back to Montreal, thence by St. Johns &c to Brown Point, thence to Ticonderoga, & on the other side of the outlet of Lake George they built Fort.

Independence, when the troops were discharged at the expiration of a year the term of his enlistment. More than a year had expired before he got home, & was then brought home sick by his father. In April of the year 1777 he again enlisted a private in the company of Capt. Plumer Barret, & Regiment of Col. Van Klief; marched first to Fort Edward where he assisted in moving the American stores from Lake George to said Fort. While thus engaged they had a skirmish with the Indians. On the approach of Burgoyne, they retreated to Half Moon Point, then advanced to Bemis' Height driving the enemy before them. He was in the Battle at Bemis' Height & at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He saw Burgoyne give up his sword to Genl. Gates. He then came home after a service of six months more . He was in various other small towns in the subsequent years. He And he further says that he has no other living witness of any of said service, other than that of Jacob Ford which is now unused. That he has no documentary evidence; that he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except the present, & that his name is not on the pension roll of any State agency.
Subscribed & sworn to the May 8 year aforesaid Hiram Wilbur Clerk
Benjamin his Doby mark

State of New York } County of Columbia }
Personally came before
me, Anson Brown, one of the Justices of the peace of the town of Austereitz in the said County, the Hon Jacob Ford Esq. of the said town of Austereitz and County of Columbia who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Doty, during the Revolutionary war, and has been ever since, and that he believes and has no doubt, that he, the said Benjamin Doty, was in the service of the said state of New York, or the United States as a militia soldier 6 months or more in the year 1777, and that he the said Doty is reputed as a man of truth and veracity, and further saith not
Subscribed and sworn Before me this 23 day of July 1832
Jacob Ford
I certify that the above named Anson Brown Justice Peace is well known to me as a man of truth & veracity this statement entitled to credit
I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the County of Columbia in the state of New York, do hereby cer- tify that the above named Anson Brown, is was a Justice of the Peace in & for the town of Austereitz in said County on the day & year last when the above affidavit was taken this 23 rd July 1832 above mentioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24 th day of Aug 1832 I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Jus- tice & verify believe his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing
J. D. Monell

State of New York
Columbia County } ss I John Wager of the Town City of Hudson } of Hudson in said County being duly sworn before the Justice of the Peace Court in & for the City of Hudson do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Newbern Daly who has subscribed her name to the affidavit - stating that I believe him to be about seventy seven years of age & that he is respected & beloved in the Neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the revolution and I do fully concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Barnum Miller, Clerk
John X Wager mark

Wadsworth 1 I certify that I have been well acquainted with Benjamin  Ebenezer Doty a veteran of the revolution for a period of more than fifteen years. Mr. Doty is an old man & has long been an inhabitant of this place. It has uniformly been understood here that he performed considerable revolutionary service indeed the fact of his service in the war of independence has always been a matter of public notoriety.
Mr Doty has given me an account of two years & a half of revolutionary service & of the correctness of his statements I entertain not a shadow of doubt - indeed his statements are so interwoven with facts & incidents which I have heard through other channels, that to my mind they carry with them the evidence of their own truth - From my acquaintance with Mr Doty I have no hesitation in saying that his statements may be confidently relied on. Attest Timothy Woodbridge

2021 And the said Court hereby declare their Opinion after investigating the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the said Court further certify that the said applicant is unable to write & therefore made his mark. That John Wager is a man of truth & veracity, is unable to write & therefore made his mark. That Timothy Woodbridge is a very worthy Clergyman, who has subscribed the above certificate - That he sent the above certificate to the Court, as a letter, without being sworn, that as full reliance may be placed in his statement, as if it had been sworn to
I W Fairfield
Justices

Application of Bureau Data 1900-05. ✓
W. Farnum
John O'Brien think a present to certify that the above proceedings of July 25 th are a matter of record in the minutes of said board of that date though they are the original proceedings in the matter of the rejection of William Dwyer for a Pension. Without any hand at all or office this 14 th day of November 1852

State of New York
Columbia County ss on this 8 th day of July A.D. 1872.
personally appeared in open court before the Justice Court of the city of Hudson now sitting. Benj t Doty & in addition to his aforesaid declaration says under solemn oath that since the printed letter herewith returned, was sent to him, he has used every exertion to find further living witness of his said service - but cannot find any - that he has written to all quarters to ascertain whether any of his old comrades were alive, but can find none - That he can only state in addition to his former statements some particulars to strengthen his former relation. That if his name is not on the roll of Nyugen troops, the reason was that when he enlisted under Capt M c Kinstry - said M c Kinstry's company had been mustered & enrolled previously, & he enlisted immediately on leaving the company of Capt Childs - & that then Genl Washington said one Reg t must march to Canada - one to New London, & one to Staten Island - & they might draw lots for their chance - Col n Patterson drew first, & Canada fell to his Regiment - they marched immediately - He recollects that they left Crown Point on their way to Canada the 7 th day of May 1776 - He recollects also that it was 15 miles from Isle Noire the way they went to St Johns - from St Johns to La Prairie, 24 miles - but it was a crooked French Road - It was called 9 miles across from La Prairie to Montreal - The Fort Cedars was 24 miles above Montreal where the battle was fought & Capt M c Kinstry wounded & taken prisoner - Capt M c Kinstry it was understood, was saved from the Massacre by a Masonic signal - They were all taken prison- ers - an exchange was proposed by the British & the us - an exchange was proposed by the British & the us - an exchange was proposed by the British & the Major of the Regiment whose name he thinks was Therman, was sent to Montreal to obtain the consent of Genl to the exchange - On this occasion Therman & the other officers had only a blanket left to cover their nakedness - He recollects also that Col. Beattle & Major Battlefield had command of the

Fort at the beechard, but were driven from the fort before Col. Patersons Regiment arrived - & on that account they were caught in ambush - That he never had any written discharge - On the Return from Canada he was taken sick at Lyndon & sent to St George & was thence removed by his father - & he can only repeat that all his said ser- vice was truly performed as he has stated - that he kept a memorandum of dates & distances which is lost Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid J. D. Perkins U.S.A. Benjamin P. Doty
Columbia County Pa - Ebenezer P. Doty being duly sworn says that he is the son of the above named Doty & - that he is now thirty three years of age has a distinct recollection of hearing his father in his boyhood relate to him & his other children the particulars of his service under Lord Sterling in the company of Capt. Childs, & also the history of his service at the North under Capt. Bell & Hunsdy & under Capt. Barret at Saratoga - That his father always told the story as above stated in his declaration - & many more particular incidents which served to interest this deponent & his sister as they hung around him listening - That his fathers relation has always been the same respecting those events - And this deponent further says that since his father received the printed letter here with returned, he this de- ponent has rode several hundred miles in search of of other living witnesses of his fathers service, but can find none - except in relation to the 6 months service Sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid J. D. Perkins U.S.A. Ebenezer P. Doty

State of New York Columbia County ss Thomas Osborn of the town of Austere in said County being duly sworn, says that he is now twenty four years of age - That in the year 1775, he this deponent lived on Long Island, was acquainted with all the transac- tions that transpired on that Island during that year & also in New York - That he has now lived in Austere aforesaid - 99 years & been acquaint- ed with Benjamin Doty during that time that he has often heard said Doty speak of his services in the Company of Capt. Childs during the year 1775, & heard him relate incidents & transactions that this deponent knows were true - such as he has not seen in print & such that no man could relate so particular unless he had been there in person in service & he has no doubt that said Doty was in service as stated in the year 1775 - And this deponent further says that said Doty is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he re- sides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & a good soldier -
Sworn this 13 th day of July A.D. 1883 - before me
Thomas Osborn
Juror Winlocke justice
I the above named justice certify that I am acquainted with Thomas Osborn who has sworn to the above Affidavit - That he is a man of truth & veracity, & his statements is entitled to credit -
Juror Winlocke justice

Columbia County, Pa. Isaac Hatch being duly sworn says he is now sixty three — years of age that he has been acquainted with Benjamin Doty from this deponent's infancy — that he has heard him often relate his services in the war of the Revolution, at New York & Long Island & at the North under Capt M c Kinstry — That this deponent had two uncles & several cousins who enlisted under said M c Kinstry & were marched & marched first to New York under said M c Kinstry — Where, this deponent has frequently understood, said Doty joined them. That he has heard his uncles and cousins Ephraim, Hatt, Michael, & others who are now dead, say that said Doty was with them on the campaign to Canada under Capt M c Kinstry during the year 1776 — asked further South not. Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of July 1833 before me Isaac Hatch Just Witness Joseph Penn
The above named Justice certify that I am acquainted with the above named Isaac Hatch who has sworn to the above affidavit that he is aware of the truth & veracity and his statement is entitled to credit Just Witness Joseph Penn

Columbia County ss. David Mowat of the town of Hillsdale in said County being duly sworn says that he is now fifty nine - years of age - that he has been acquainted with Benjamin Doty of Pustulitka for up- ward of thirty years - that he has often during all that time heard said Doty relate his services in the war of the Revolution - both at New York & Long Island & at Canada under Capt. McKinty - That he this deponent was formerly acquainted with Abraham Elijah Hatch, who is now dead, & who was repre- sented to have been to the North under said M c Kinty in his Canada Expedition - I has heard him  them mention said Doty as having been with them at that time
Subscribed & sworn to this
13 th day of July 1833
before me William Smith J. Justice
David Mowat
of the above named Justice of the peace do certify that I am acquainted with David Mowat who swears to the above affidavit that he is a man of truth and veracity and his state- ment is in truth to the best of his knowledge
William Smith Jr

State of New York Columbia County ss. I Joseph D. Morell Clerk of said County do certify that said Winslow before whom the two preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, & William Smith before whom the last preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn were at the date of the same Justices of the Peace in & for said County. And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of each of them & am by believe their respective names subscribed to said affidavits & certificates, to be their proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this seventeenth day of July A.D. 1833
J. D. Morell Clerk

And the said Justices Court hereby certify their belief in the facts set forth in the Amendment made by Benjamin Doty to the above declaration - and the said Court further certify that they are acquainted with Ebenezer D. Doty who has subscribed & sworn to the the affidavit next after said amendment & that he is a credible man & his statement entitled to credit.
J. W. Sanfield } Justices J. W. Ladd } Wm R. Macy }
...was wounded, & he helped to carry him in a blanket to the boats after the exchange . They then retreated back to Montreal, thence by St Johns &c to Crown Point, thence to Ticonderoga, & on the other side of the outlet of Lake George they built Fort.

Amended Papers
vs Benj. Doty
4 more affidavits
J. M. Perkins Hudson N.Y.
Columbia County City of Hudson Feb. 1. John D. Barker Clerk of said Court certify that the above contains the original proceedings before said court in the matter of the amendment made to the Declaration of Benjamin Doty for a pension — Witness my hand & seal of Office this 17th day of July A.D. 1873.
J. D. Barker Clerk

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York Columbia County § ss. On this 7 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Josiah Knapp Jr one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Columbia against Abeline Doty a resident of the town of Amstutz in said County, aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Benjamin Doty late a pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services under act of 7 th June 1832, now deceased That her husband said Benjamin Doty served in the War of the Revolution as a private & obtained in his life time a pension of Eighty dollars per annum, to his statement she would refer for a more particular description of his services & for evidence thereof.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Doty by Jacob Ford Justice of the peace on the tenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. That her husband said Benjamin Doty died on the seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty six at Amstutz aforesaid
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took

place previous to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to subscribed before me this day of year above written Josiah Knapp Jr
her Abigail Doty mark
One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County, N.Y.

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss On this 30 th day of January 1849 before me Lorenzo Kellogg Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Frances Lee who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions of the Joint Resolution of Congress passed July 15 th 1848 That she is one of the Children of Benjamin Dole who was a Pensioner of the United States Under the Act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum That her mother Abigail Dole was a Pensioner Under the Act of May 7 th of July 1838 at the rate of forty dollars per annum That her Mother the aforesaid Abigail Dole died on the fifteenth day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty four in the Town of Astoria County and State aforesaid And the following are her only surviving Children viz Colmeyer Dole Mary Whitman (and Frances Lee herself) And that each of them are over twenty one years of age Declarant further says that she has been informed and believes that her Mother was intitled to the same amount of Pension per annum as was received by her father aforesaid And she makes this declaration in behalf of the Children for the purpose of obtaining the said increase of Pension in support of which claim she refers the Pension Department to the proofs on file in that office as well as the Resolution Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 day of January 1849 } Lorenzo Kellogg Justice of the Peace  Frances Lee
I certify that Declarant is personally known to me and is the identical person above named as and her statement is intitled to full faith and credit Lorenzo Kellogg Justice of the Peace

State of New York Columbia County
§ I, Isaac Ford of the town of Austerlitz in the County of Columbia aforesaid being sworn say that I am now sixty one - - years of age I have resided in the same place I now do for the space of sixty one years last past. That my father Jacob Ford also resided in Austerlitz aforesaid at the time of his death. That I have in my possession the Records of my said father when he was a justice of the peace before & after the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. That I find upon said Record the entry of the marriage of Benjamin Doty and Abilene Saxton by my father as justice of the peace & in the hand writing of my said father. On the tenth - - - - days of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. That the above is a true copy of said entry as expressed in the words and figures following to wit. Benjamin Doty Married to Abilene Saxton August tenth 1791
That said words & figures are fair & legible. -
That said Record contains other entries of marriages on the same page & cannot be turned without injury to the Record.
Deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with said Benjamin Doty in his life time & who is now deceased & who at the time of his death resided in the town of Austerlitz County aforesaid & drew a pension as a Revolutionary Pensioner under act of 7 th June 1832. I also know Abilene Doty the widow of said Benjamin Doty she still remains his widow & has not intermarried since his death.
Isaac Ford
Sworn & subscribed before me
this nineteenth day of August 1832 Anson Brown Justice Peace

State of New York
Columbia County ss. I do hereby certify, Certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Isaac Ford the person who subscribed and took the within deposition, that the said Isaac Ford is a credible person and that his deposition on affidavit is entitled to credit given under my hand at Astorias in said County this thirteenth day of August 1839
Anson Brown Justice Peace

19167
Benjamin Doty Columbia County New York
Admitted in their wills of Probate 2 years M. Kinsley of D. if not ad.
✓ 9 mo - 1775 3 " - 1775 12 mo.
J. D. Parker Esq. Clk. James M. Smith Hudson New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Benjamin Doty Columbia Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 1 pr. Capt. Childs Col. Houn- aged 77   1776 1 " Capt. Mc. King phrey, L. Cedars N. York Scituate Living Witness   April 1777 6 " stray Col. Pat- Forest Canada County,   2 6 " Capt. Bar- erson Bemis N. York   net Col. Van Height   Nels  
1775 0. 3. 0 1776 0. 9. 0 1. 0. 0
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Proof of service required for such a length of service it is not doubted but proof can be had if due caution be made to find it.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Rhewnan

h  WIDOW, &c.  q
File No. 20998
Abeline Doty Widow of Benjamin Doty Dis Rev War
Act March 3d 48
Index: Vol. 81 , Page 196
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension office
J. M. Crump Esq. Acting Com d of Pensions Washington.

Hudson At York Nov 20 th 1839
Sir,
Your letter of the 23 d Nov last was duly received, In which you say that there appear to be no objection in allowing Mrs Abeline Doty widow of Benjamin Doty a pension for 3 mos in 1775 & 9 mos in 1776. in all 12 mos.
Your letter further states that the term of six months alleged to have been performed in 1777 under Captain Barst in Col Van Arsdal's regiment in 1777, is not supported by sufficient evidence. And if the claimant decides to accept of a pension for 12 mos. a certificate would be forwarded.
I have not since the receipt of your letter been able to find any new evidence or any additional proof it therefore has been decided by the widow that she will accept of a pension for 12 mos. unless hereafter she should find evidence to establish more service particularly that in 1777.
You will therefore please forward to me the certificate for 12 mos.
G. M c Crump Esq.
Respectfully yours Wheeler H. Clarke

Home of Representatives
Jan y 2. 1850.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed are the papers to obtain an annuity pension in care of the heirs of Abigail Doty, who was the wife of Benjamin Doty, which I re- quested to forward to you.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servt
Julius Rockwell.

1. March 1844
resp Ann Chilene Hottig
16 6
Pension Office
FREE
Hon.
J. L. Edwards,
Comt. of Pensions
Washington

Hudson N York July 26 th Jan'y 2. 1844.
Sir.
In the case of Abilene Doty widow of Rufus Doty, you have decided to allow that her said husband served 12 months Vols 3 mos in 1775 & 9 months in 1776.
Doty himself obtained a pension of $80 per ann. and claimed that he served 12 mos in 1775 & 12 months in 1776. and 6 months in 1777. as follows. 12 months in 1775 in Captain Childs
Company, Colonel Humphreys Regt. 12 months in 1776. in Captain McWhorter Company, Colonel Pattersons Regt. 6 months in 1777 in Captain Brants No. 30. Company Colonel Van Alstyne Regt.
A reexamination of this case is requested. As it is believed that he served more than 3 months in 1775 & even more than 9 months in 1776. (over)

Besides no allowance whatever has been made for the services of 1777.
I do not know what you have to credit you in your calculation but presume the roll of Mr. Knutson's Company is in your office. That Capt. Childs' Roll is also there. If so, and the whole of the service of 1775 & 1776 is shown by these Rolls, they are perhaps conclusive against the widows.
I desire a review of the case. & I am authorized by Mr. Doty to make this request.
Truly yours
Whelen H. Clarke
Hon. J. L. Edwards,

Albany Feb 15 1849
Sir
I inclose the Application of Mrs. Frances Lee for an increase of Pension due her Mother in her lifetime, now due the Children the application is made in behalf of the Children
Mary Brea Albany N.Y.
J. S. Edwards Esq. } Clerk of Pension }

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. O'Leott, Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Albany
First payment to be made on the 31st December, 1838, and on the 4th March and 4th Septem- ber in each year there- after.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2.
Page 75 by
D. Brown,
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Abeline Doty, of the State of New York ————— widow of Benjamin Doty — — — — — who was a Private in the War of the Revolution ————— and died on the — — 17 th — — day of April 1836 ————— is entitled to receive a pension, at the rate of Forty ————— dollars and ————— cents per annum, commencing on the seventeenth day of April 1836 — — ; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commi

V N. York Abeline Doty lit to W. H. Clarke 23. Nov. 1839 to same 27. Dec. 1839
Act July 1838

Albany Benjamin Doty act June 7. 1832 to when time limit?
107. 4 March 1835 - 80 w 24 17. Apr 1836

June 5-1840
Long Act to Commence 1st March 1836 for the
Pension Office
awards. Court of Pension Washington

Sir,
Hudson N-York June 2 nd 1840.
Enclosed I send you Mrs. Abeline Doty's Pension certificate to be exchanged for one drawing from 4 th March 1836 as decided by you as appears by your letter of the 29 th , of May last.
No money has been received by Mrs. Doty upon it. Can you inform me when you are going to pay again.
Respectfully Yours Wheeler H. Clarke
Hon. J. L. Edwards.

May 22. 1840
Wheeler
Mr. Doty
Pension Office
Hon.
J. L. Edwards,
Commr of Pensions Washington

Sir
By the enclosed paper, you will perceive that Benjamin Doty drew his last Semi-annual Stipend March 4th 1835.
It consequently appears that Mr. Doty died in 1835 instead of 1836, however that may be Mrs. Doty is entitled to draw from 4th of March 1836, because if her husband drew until 4th March 1836, she would be entitled to her pension from the date of her husband's last draft.
By the enclosed note of Mr. Jenkins you will see that Mrs. Doty has not & cannot draw anything from March 4th 1836 to April 1st 1836 as annu due her husband because he was suspended.
The certificate sent her gives her a pension from 17th April 1836, it should give her a pension from 4th March 1836. Will you have the goodness to count it & see if from a payroll due you in this case Mrs. Doty is not entitled to more than $40 per Ann.
Respectfully yours
Wheeler, H. Clarke
Hon J. L. Edwards
Hudson N York. May 19th 1840.

M. H. Clark Esq. Hudson

Sir
Please inform me of Mr Jenkins how much are the widow of Benjamin Doty is entitled to. He Mr Doty was a Pensioner under act of 7th June 1832 lived in Columbia County & died April 17 1836. Write me.
Hon R M Kinstry.
Resy. yrs. M. H. Clarke
Hudson ap 1840
Benjamin Doty was last paid to 4 March 1835 I have an order for one hundred - He is on the Books at $80 per annum - L Jenkins.

Kön R. M. Kinsty Present

W. H. Park Esq I called at the Pension Office & presented the papers of the Widow of Philip Dennis — Mr Jenkins informed me that it could not be paid here that it must be sent to Washington, & that if I chose to leave it, he would collect the same for one dollar, I concluded that this would be the safest & cheapest mode & accordingly left it with him for collection, the amt due upon it is only about $9 — all claims of this kind unless presented within eight months must according to the present law be forwarded to the U. S. Revenue Dept as I understand Mr Jenkins
Yrs R W M c Intosh
As your other friend has been suspended as you will perceive by Mr J s remarks at the bottom of the enclosed

ap 7. 1840
My. Add. Sprng Mrs. Doty.
Will be better to
Abilene
Hon.
Pension offin. Please examine contents and receipt of it - Resp. -
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pension Washington

Sir,
I Enclose a Pay Roll found by me in the possession of the daughter of Captain John M c Kinstry.
It states the pay of one month at £2. per month for private Benjamin Doty states that he served 12 mos. in 1775 in Captain John M c Kinstry, Company Colonel Pattersons Regiment.
The Pay Roll in your possession I presume states that Benjamin Doty received for said service in 1775. £24. which at £2 per month would be pay for 12 months but if you reckon at £2. 13.4 per month then it would be as reported by you only 9 months as 9 months at £2. 13.4 per month make £24. We therefore claim as the enclosed pay Roll shows that Benjamin Doty received only £2 per month & that he served 12 months in 1775 as he states.
You say he served 3 months in 1775 in Capt Childs Company Colonel Humphrys Regt. There must be some mistake about this. I can hardly think Benjamin Doty intentionally made a false statement or that he had forgotten so much and

therefor infer that you have not found all of his services in 1775 & 1776 and I wish it borne in mind that you should call on months pay at 2 x not £2.13.4 & this should apply to all of the payments made for 200y unless your Records are specific as to the time
The widows son called upon me this morning said his Mother wanted some money Very much. She is entirely destitute & lives with said son.
We wish therefore that immediate attention should be given this subject. We wish no delay even if you should make the same decision you did before viz 3 mo. in 1775 & 9 mo. in 1776. as we shall reserve the right to make further efforts in this case as I am thoroughly persuaded that Benjamin Doty served 2 yrs & upwards in 75. 76 & 77. Respectfully Yours.
Wheeler, H. Clarke
Very L. L. Edwards.
Hudson N York Apr 3 or 1840

P.S. Said Captain John M c Kinstry drew a Pension of $96 under act of June 7. 1785 increased to $144. April 25. 1808. increased to $240 per ann under this Law March 3. 1809. He lived in this County - I wish you to refer to his statement it will probably show how long he served in 1776. To Hon J. L. Edwards
Yours &c W. H. H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Ransom Hemenway Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Hemenway and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. Probate Office. Decr. 4. 1849. I. Daniel N. Daway - Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County, do certify that it has been made to appear to me by satisfactory evidence that Abalonor Doty - the widow of Benjamin Doty who was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, died in, the town of Austellitz in the County of Columbia & State of New York, on the fifteenth day of January 1844, leaving her surviving the following named children viz. Mary Whit- man - Elenezer P. Doty & Fanny Lee who are the only surviving children of the said Abalonor Doty deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourth day of December. 1849.
Daniel N. Daway
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W Bishop Registrar of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do certify that the Hon Daniel N Daway, is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is his genuine signature. In testimony of which I have set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this 4th Decem- ber 1849 Henry W Bishop

Albany 5278
Abeline Doty widow of Benjamin Doty
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 17 th April 1836 of Columbia Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Childs of the regt. commanded by Col. Clinton in the N. York line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1840 and sent to Wheeler St. Clarke, Hudson, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of March 40 160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 20.00 $180.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2. Page 75 Clerk

Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
6105 Sept 79
May. July 7. 1838.
1/2
Pension Office
James L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions, Washington

My dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the Application of Benjamin Doty's widow for a Pension under act of 7th July 1838.
Benjamin Doty was a pensioner, under act of 7th June 1832, and drew a pension of $80 per annum.
Your letter states that he received a greater sum than the Rolls shewed he was entitled to.
Your letter of 9th January 1839 to Josiah W. Fairfield Esq. states that Mr Doty was entitled to a Pension under act of 7th June 1832 but had it appeared on a re-examination of his papers he was allowed for more service than the evidence in the case would justify.
We will accept whatever the evidence now shows Mr Doty is entitled to until we can procure other testimony, and whenever you forward the certificate it is desired that you will accompany it with a specification of the particular services for which it is granted to the E. D that we may know what alleged services are not considered satisfactorily proven.
If there are no pay rolls of 1777 to be found why is not the evidence of the service in that year as satisfactorily proven now as then. The time may not be as long as six months yet there was nearly that amount of service in that year when the men were drafted and continued in service until

after the capture of Vicksburg.
The drafted men went into service in May or Early in June. If 6 months is too long & Mr Doty was mistaken as regards the time still cannot you allow him for such length of time as from the information you now have shall be deemed Just.
The inducement held out to make the time as long as possible has in many cases no doubt operated too strongly upon many in the desire of making out 2 yrs or as long a period as possible. If this is the case with Mr Doty's statement you will no doubt admit in his widow's case so much as shall be Just.
I am with great respect
Yours affly H. Niles, H. Clarke
Y. L. Edwards Esq.
Hudson - New York Sept 16 th 1869.

Feb. 1. 1840
Madame Dohy
Jeff
Pension Office
Mr. Frank Esquire, Acting Comr of Pension Washington

Sir,
Enclosed I send you an affidavit of Mr. Doty to be used in his mother Abeline Doty's case.
Mr. Doty took your letter of 27 th Dec last home & has made diligent enquiry, about the time of his father Benjamin Doty's death.
He is satisfied it was in 1836. Please send the certificate for the amount of time 12 mos. according to your proposition.
I have been to Albany to search for the services of Benf. Doty in 1777 in Van Ness Regt but cannot find any thing of the services of any part of that Regt.
Col. Van Ness was the father of John D. Van Ness Mayor of your City, he may have the papers of his father of that period & they may contain the evidence of this service. If convenient please ask Mr. Van Ness.
Please return the certificate by the 4 th of March next.
Very Respectfully yours
G. W. Crump Esq.
Wheeler A. Clarke
Hudson New York. Jan y 28 th 1840.

2716 Aug 31/42
Adkins Doty.
March 22/43.
NY
FREE
- Pension Office. - At 3 March 1843.
Hon.
S. H. Edwards,
Comr. of Pensions, Washington.

Hudson New York July 28 th 1843
Sir,
I enclose the application for Abilene Doty, widow of Benjamin Doty under act of 3 d March 1843.
You will please attend to its loblij, Res d . Truly Yours
Wheeler H. Clarke.
Hon. J. A. L. Edwards.

War Department Pension Office
February 9. 1836
Sir On a reexamination of the papers upon which your claim to a pension was admitted it appears that if entitled to any part you are not entitled to all the service for forth in your declaration - It is stated that in 1775 you served twelve months in Capt Childs Company Col Humphrys reg't twelve months in 1776 in Capt McKinstys Company Col Pattersons reg't and six months in 1777 in Capt Barnels Company Col Van Vels reg't - There is no evidence of a regiment of twelve months men either in 1775 or 1776 under the Officers mentioned or of six months men in 1777 in the regiment specified.
Before this claim can again be allowed a full and satisfactory examination should be made - The agent has been directed to suspend in the meantime

Payment of your bills in
Respectfully
Your ob't serv't
J. L. Edwards
103 Church N.Y. Oct 13. 1857.
Mr Benjamin Doty Hillsdale New York

State of New York Columbia County } ss. Ebenezer Doty of Columbia in the county aforesaid being sworn say, I am the son of Abeline & Benjamin Doty. The said Benjamin is now deceased, my said father was a Revolutionary pensioner & my said mother is now an applicant for a pension for the services of my said father.
I am informed by the letter of the acting Commissioner of Pensions bearing date December 27th 1839 that it is thought by him that said Abeline in her declaration may have mistaken as to the year in which her said husband died she having stated that he died on the 17th April 1836. My said father lived at the time of his death about fifty rods from my house & my said mother has lived with me since the death of her said husband. We have no record of his death but from my own recollection & that of my mother and from enquiries made about it among my neighbors & from comparing it with other events I am satisfied that my said father Benjamin Doty died on the 17th of April 1836 as stated by my mother in her said declaration. The annexed letter was by me taken out of the post office shortly after his death.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 28th day of January 1840. Wheler H. Clarke
Ebenezer J. Doty
Commissioner of Pensions.
I am well acquainted with the above named Ebenezer Doty. He is a man of good moral character His statement is entitled to credit. Jan'y 28th 1840.
Wheler H. Clarke Comr. of Pensions.

State of New York Columbia County } ss. I William Miller Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William H. Clarke whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate was on the date of the date thereof, a Commissioner of Courts in & for said County that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said William H. Clarke & believe this signature thereof to be in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of January A.D. 1840.
Henry Miller Deputy Clerk in the absence of W m Miller Clerk.

For W m Abilene Doty - act 7 th July 1858.
W m H. Clarke Kidson agent.

Inc. Dec 26
N.Y.
Benjamin D. [illegible]
THE
J. S. Edwards
Washington D.C.

In the matter of Benjamin Doty
Dear Mr. Edwards,
By your letter dated Feby 9, 1836, you informed Benjamin Doty a pensioner, that his pension was suspended until "a full & satisfactory examination should be made" of his claim —
His claim it seems had been allowed upon a declaration for 2 1/2 years service — to wit one year in '75 in Capt Childs Company, Col Humphrys Regiment — one year in '76 in Capt McKinsty, Comp'y. Pattersons Regt & six months in '77 in Capt Barretts Co. Col Van Ness Regt.
You say "There is no evidence of a Regiment of twelve months men either in 1775, or 1776 under the officers mentioned, or of six months men 1777 in the Regt specified —
In March or April 1836 Benjamin Doty died. Every one that knew the man believes that his statement of service was correct, although he might be mistaken, as soldiers often are, as to his officers. His widow is entitled to a pension, if he was, & has been waiting the result of your further examination — I have advised her to do so — but she is old & anxious & wishes me to write for the result of such examination; feeling confident that his service will be found as stated, although possibly in different years or in different regiments — Your attention to the subject will greatly oblige her &
Your respectfull & Ob't Serv't
J. W. Fairfield
Hudson N.Y. Decr 20, 1838 —

W.H. Clarke May 29. 1840.
Albany 5278
lit to
Abeline Doty widow of Benjamin Doty
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 17. April 1836 of Pulaski Co in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Childs of the regt. commanded by Col. Clinton in the N. Y. line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 18 D Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 17. April
Certificate of Pension issued the 13. day of April 1840 and sent to Wheeler H. Clarke, Hudson, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '40 158.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 6 Sept. " 20.00
$ 178.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 75

State of New York County of Columbia } ss. I, Ebenezer Doty of said County being sworn say I am the son of said Benjamin Doty & Abeline Doty That Abeline Doty the applicant for a pension whose Declaration is annexed is the widow of said Benjamin Doty that she remains said Benjamin Doty's widow not having intermarried since his death. My said father Benjamin Doty was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under an act of 7th June 1832 and drew Eighty Dollars per annum up to the time of his death.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 4 th day of September 1839 } Ebenezer Doty
Wheeler, H. Clarke, Commissioner of Audits,

I am acquainted with Ebenezer Doty he is a man of good character entitled to credit,
W H Clarke
Comm. of audr.
Large Hill

State of New York County of Columbia } ss.
I, Josiah Knapp, Jr. one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, the same being a court of Record, do hereby certify that on the Seventh day of September One Thousand Eight hundred & thirty nine Abeline Doty named in the annexed declaration, a resident of the town of Gustavus in the County aforesaid appeared personally before me & submitted to an examination before me on oath and subscribed & swore to the annexed Declaration for the purposes therein set forth, That the affidavits of Isaac Ford & Ebenezer Doty were on the day aforesaid then & there annexed, That the same to the best knowledge & judgment of the subscriber are in all respects true. That the said Abeline Doty is from age & infirmity unable to go to Hudson in this county to make this application, Hudson being the nearest place in this county where a court of Records hold a session, being distant from said Abeline Doty's residence of about twenty one miles.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand addition of office the day & year above mentioned.
Josiah Knapp Jr. One of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County, N.Y.

State of New York & Columbia County ss. I William Miller Clerk of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Josiah Knapp Jr. whose signature is affixed to the annexed decla- ration of Abilene Doty and to the annexed certificate of said Josiah Knapp Jr. was at the date of said declaration & certificate a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Columbia, & that said Court is a Court of Record. That Anson Brown & Wheeler H. Clarke were at the date of the annexed affidavits by them respectively taken, the one, said Anson Brown a justice of the peace, the other said Wheeler H. Clarke a commissioner of courts in & for said County, duly authorized to take the same, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Josiah Knapp Jr. Anson Brown & H. Clarke & verily believe their respective affixed signatures their respective hand writings & true naturals.
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 16 th day of September A.D. 1839.
W. Miller

6105 Abeline Doly d. Application
M rs M ary H. Clarke of Hudson New York Agent
Married 10 Aug 1791 Husband died 17 Apr 1836
Husband died 17 Apr 1836
Col Clinton } N.Y. Capt Childs }
Admitted Private 12 months
EW

27120 Application of Abilene Doty.
Act 3 rd March 1843.
$40
3302
105-
Albany
Wheeler H. Clarke.
Hudson N. York
agent.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed March 3 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pension under act of 7 th July 1838
State of New York Columbia County
On the 24 th day of July A.D 1843 Before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the county of said personally appeared Abilene Doty a resident of the town of Antwerp in the said County aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March 3 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Benjamin Doty who was a private in the war of the Revolution
That she obtained a pension for the service of her said husband said Benjamin Doty under act of 7 th July 1838
Sworn and subscribed before me the 24 th day of July 1843 by said Abilene Doty to me known to be the same individual above described & who obtained a pension under act of 7 th July 1838
Abilene X Doty Mark
Isaac Winslow Justice of the peace
State of New York Columbia County
I, Jeremiah A. Van Vleck, County Clerk of said County do hereby certify that said Winslow, before whom the foregoing Declaration purports to have been made was

on the day of the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verify believe his signature thereunder written to be in his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of July A D 1843.
Jonathan Kirtland Clerk

State of New York County of Columbia } ss James S Lee being duly sworn according to law deponeth that he resides in the Town of Austerlitz and the County and State aforesaid and that his Name Benjamin Doty in his life time and that he also Name Abigail Doty his wife in her life time and that she was a Citizen of the United States at the time of her death and that she died on the fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty four in the Town of Austerlitz County and State aforesaid and at the time of her death left her surviving the following named Children viz Colmeyer Doty Mary Whitman and Frances Little his wife and that they are his only surviving Children and each of them are over twenty one years of Age
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 day of January 1849 James S Lee Lorenzo Kellogg Justice of the Peace
I certify that James S Lee the above deponent is personally known to me and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit Lorenzo Kellogg Justice of the Peace
to have been sworn, was ... a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 9 day of Feby 1849
Lamson Stone Clerk.

I certify that James S. Lee the above deponent is personally known to me and his statement is in all its parts true to the best of my knowledge.
Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, Lamur Storie Clerk of the County of Columbia, Do hereby certify, That Lorenzo Billings Esq. before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate , to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 9 day of Feby 1849
Lamur Storie Clerk.

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss
I Charles B Dutcher Surrogate of the County of Columbia do hereby certify that at a Surrogate Court held at the Surrogates office in the town of Catskill. It was proved by the addition of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that Abigail Doty late of the town of Catskill, died on the fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred & forty four. That at the time of her death she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7 th of July 1838 and that she left her surviving the following children (viz) Ebenezer Doty Mary Whitman and Frances Lee and that each of them are above twenty one years of age
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at the town of Catskill this 31 st day of January A.D. 1849
Charles B Dutcher Surrogate

On this fourth day of December in the year One thousand Eight hundred and fortys Nine, personally appeared before me Ransom Hinman a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts Abigail Mary Whitman a resident of Lee and one of the Children of Benjamin and Abigail Doty late of Austerlitz Columbia County State of New York deceased, who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her Oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the arerage of pension due her Mother the Said Abigail Doty deceased, under the acts of Congress passed the 7 th July 1838, and the 3 rd March 1843, and July 1 st 1848 that She is the daughter of Said Abigail Doty and that her Mother the Said Abigail Doty was pensioned at the rate of forty Dollars per Annum as she has been informed She now Claims an increase of pension to the Amount of Eighty Dollars per Annum and She refers to the papers of her father Benjamin, and of her Mother Abigail Doty, Now on file at the Pension at Office at Washington.
Mary Whitman

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County } ss. Dec. 4 th 1849,
Then Mary Whitman before named Made Oath to the truth of the foregoing declaratio by her Subscribed before Me
Ransom Hiram Justice of the Peace